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The National Association to Prevent Sexual Abuse of Children (NAPSAC) is a national organization working to prevent a most pervasive and hidden danger: childhood sexual abuse.

One in five children in America is a victim of childhood sexual abuse at a staggering cost to us all. That's why we must expose offenders and those who protect them. We must change laws to protect innocent children, not powerful adults.

"Our most powerful tool is the light of truth. Through our stories and actions, we bring healing and justice."

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WHAT'S NEW

Thompson Commentary: Grandpa abusing grandchild should motivate change in law

Thursday, May 15, 2008

In spite of all the media surrounding Pope Benedict XVI addressing child sexual abuse by priests, the report of Miranda Meza, a Greeley, Colorado woman seeking justice for being sexually abused by her grandfather when she was a child is much more likely to conjure up family “secrets” long repressed. (“In years-old sexual abuse cases, a fight for justice,” LA Times, April 27, 2008)

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

ScienceDaily (May 13, 2008) — A University of Georgia study that is the first to systematically examine a large sample of female child molesters finds that many of them were themselves victims of sexual abuse as children.

In February of this year, the Bucks County Courier Times carried two articles about Dave Sicoli, former priest stationed at Immaculate Conception parish in Levittown. Sicoli was one of the many priests in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia who had been named as a sexual predator in the grand jury report on the Philadelphia Archdiocese.

Thursday, May 01, 2008

NAPSAC is a national organization working to prevent childhood sexual abuse through focus on hope, solutions, justice, and healing. CornerHouse and NAPSAC will work together through NAPSAC's National Child Protection Training Center (NCPTC).

Child Advocates seek more abuse data

States graded on reporting children's deaths

More than half the states received a "C+" or lower grade, including 10 states that got an "F," for what they disclose about the deaths or serious injuries of abused or disabled children. The grades are based on whether the states have policies or laws requiring disclosure, the scope of the information and how accessible it is, and whether court proceedings are open.

Ala.	B-
Alaska	C
Ariz.	B
Ark.	C-
Calif.	A-
Colo.	D
Conn.	B-
Del.	C
D.C.	B-
Fla.	B+
Ga.	F
Hawaii	B-
Idaho	B-
Ill.	B+
Ind.	A-
Iowa	A-
Kan.	B
Ky.	C-
La.	C-
Maine	D+
Md.	F
Mass.	D-
Mich.	B-
Minn.	B
Miss.	B-
Mo.	B-
Mont.	F
Neb.	C+
Nev.	A
N.H.	A
N.J.	B-
N.M.	F
N.Y.	B+
N.C.	C
N.D.	F
Ohio	C+
Okla.	C+
Ore.	A-
Pa.	F
R.I.	C-
S.C.	C
S.D.	F
Tenn.	F
Texas	C+
Utah	F
Vt.	F
Va.	C-
Wash.	B
W.Va.	B-
Wis.	D
Wyo.	D

Not Offensive

Friday, April 25, 2008

The Publisher of the Baltimore Jewish Times wrote a piece on March 21 that prompted a letter to the editor expressing how offensive the piece was to Catholics. I wrote and submitted a response to that which was printed in the paper on April 25. My letter along with the other items follow:

Child maltreatment is a significant social and public health problem in the United States (U.S.). In 2006, child protective services confirmed that approximately 905,000 children in the U.S. were victims of maltreatment and 1,530 died from abuse or neglect. Unfortunately, these numbers likely underestimate the magnitude of the problem in this country.

Of the

U.S.

's $2.9 trillion budget in 2008, $459 billion will go to the military. Of that, $137 billion will pay for the wars in Afghanistan and

Iraq

, in which nearly 33,000 Americans have been killed or wounded.

In 2008, the federal government will spend $1.2 million for a Minnesota-based project that may end a plague that affects as many as 60 million Americans. The National Child Protection Training Center at Winona State University hopes to wipe out child sex abuse in three generations.

Are More Teachers Crossing the Line?

Saturday, March 22, 2008

TAMPA - The headlines are enough to make a parent shudder:

"Teacher, Boy Had Affair, Officials Say." "Another Educator Facing Sex Charges."

Native women prone to sexual abuse

Friday, March 07, 2008

Native American women are more likely to become victims of sexual assault during their lifetimes, and their predators are less likely to be prosecuted or serve stiff prison sentences.

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